The Left in this country is in full retreat mode.  I wish I was speaking about the fact they are retreating from their “let’s give Iraq over to the terrorist” strategy but alas, I am talking about their constant drum beat for a complete pull out of American forces.  Listening to the rhetoric coming out of Washington these days is a surreal experience.  We are a nation at war with Islamic Fascists who would like nothing better than to end our existence.  In the middle of this life or death struggle we are witnessing another war between the democratically controlled congress and the White House.  President Bush, love him or hate him, is the Commander in Chief of America’s armed forces.  I didn't’t give him that title….the United States Constitution gave him that title.  In the wake of the unprecedented 911 attacks, President Bush was authorized by Congress to wage war against the terrorists.  He has done so aggressively first by invading and liberating Afghanistan and then by invading and liberating Iraq.  By taking the battle to the terrorists he has prevented them from bringing the battle to us.  We should all remember this as we close in on the six year anniversary of 911 without another attack on U.S. soil. 

     Last week Senator Reid joined the growing number of Democrats who slip up every now and then and tell us what they really think.  Senator Reid first said emphatically that the war in Iraq was lost.  He then pretended to be some kind of mind reader by suggesting that “the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense also know the war is lost.”  When his comments created an immediate firestorm of criticism from both sides of the aisle he backpedaled faster than a cyclist in a 200 mile-an-hour headwind saying that he meant to say something like if we continue to follow the President’s policy the war is lost. 

     This should remind us of John Kerry, who blew his chance to be a viable candidate for president in 08’ with his supposed joke about American soldiers being “stuck in Iraq” if they don’t get a good education.  It should remind us of Joe Biden who had to backpedal after describing Barak Obama as “the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy.”  The spin-misters and damage control experts leaped into action after each one of these gaffes which were actually not gaffes at all but true insights into the mindset of the left. 

     A few days after his “the war is lost” speech, (what an inspiration….for our enemies) Senator Reid said President Bush was in “a state of denial.”  He went on to say Bush, “is the only person who fails to face this war’s reality – and that failure is devastating not just for Iraq’s future, but for ours.”